Saturday!

Even though I'm a stay at home mom, I still love weekends. Steven's days off are Sundays and Mondays but Fridays and Saturdays still make me oh so happy. Is that weird?

The kids didn't wake up til 8:00 this morning! That's sleeping in for us these days. I felt so refreshed!


I'm so happy its October, even though its still warm here- its offically the month the weather starts cooling down. Thank GOD! I put cinnamon in my coffee this morning and sprayed my Febreeze Pumpkin Harvest scent alllllll over. Pretended it was fall in Arizona!

We didn't do a whole lot today. The highlights of our day were going to Walmart -I usually try to avoid that horrid store on Saturdays, especially with the kids but its like 2 minutes from the house and I needed a few things- and I decluttered/organized above the washer and dryer.

When Steven got home we took the kids outside and made cheladas.

[Hers & His]

Our kids are as obsessed with olives as we are and Steven is so disgusting that he doesn't care if they put their grubby hands in his drink to grab them. Gag.

True Love.

I do miss my dark hair, but I've spent so much on the blonde that I'm going to keep it for awhile longer. I'd personally like to thank whoever made dark roots trendy because I have no plans to touch up my highlights anytime soon. :)

We gave the kids baths outside with the hose for the first time tonight- it was so fun [and funny]! Steven said he never did that but I remember my parents doing it all the time to me and my brother when we were little.

Halloween jams.

Now its 8:30 and everybody's already in bed. :\ Steven of course passed out early because he went to work at 4am and is exhausted, but my late-nighter Aiden wanted to go sleep with Daddy and left me hanging.

So its "Friends" reruns then "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" for Momma!

Prince Charming

I was cleaning and listening to music and this song came on. The first time I ever heard it was on a cd Steven made for me, its such a funny song and so fitting for us because we joke a lot about how obsessed with me he's always been.


I don't have that cd anymore. :( In April of 2005, I was on my way to work and running late. I was stopped at a red light, at the first intersection right by my house. I took the cd that was in the player out and put the cd Steven made for me in. When I looked up, it was green so I started making my right turn and was hit by a semi truck. A SEMI. Driving over the speed limit and running a red light to keep up with the semi in front of him. Obviously my car was totaled, I couldn't get the cd out. I walked away with not even a scratch, had I turned a few seconds later- I probably wouldn't be here right now. I always give him a hard time saying I could've died trying to listen to his mixed cd.

"You're gonna mess around and get somebody killed-

cuz if I can't have you, nobody will"

Hae's Party

Yesterday was our niece Haley's 14th birthday. Omg that makes me feel old! She was like 3 or 4 when I met her. Everybody's growing up so fast. And tonight was her party. She was busy the entire time so I didn't get any pictures of her. The only time she sat still was for cake/presents and there was this big kid standing right in front of me- rude. Aiden was so excited about the party all day. He kept saying he was going to see Auntie Beck and baby Ryan. :( He said we were going to sing Happy Birthday and eat cupcakes in the kitchen then open presents [talking about his own birthday].

Dollface.

Aiden got to bowl for the first time. :)

How ridiculously cute are his itty bitty bowling shoes?!

Waiting for Grandma to bring Sis.

Racing with Grandpa

Punky wanted to drive too!

As we were leaving Aiden said "You guys are in trouble!" Steven asked him why and he said "Because I don't want to go home, I want to stay here." haha. He always knows where we are when we're driving but on the way, it was so dark and he had no idea. He kept asking where we were and where our house was. I said, "You don't like not knowing where you are, huh?" And he said, "I'm right here Momma! I'm right back here." Love his simple little mind.

I had no plans to make a fun meal today but Aiden asked for a hotdog and I bought them to make mummies, so I did.

The mummie was the only thing I had planned, the monster pasta and Frankenstein just came to me as I went along, I impressed myself! I took the cucumber out and Frankenstein popped in my head, so I peeled a section and was about to cut it when I noticed the part where the skin and peeled sections met made his hair line perfect- I was excited!

I had a small, easy project in mind [that of course I saw on Pinterest] so we headed out. All I needed was a candle stick holder and a plate.

Before:

After:

I need to start looking for clear, glass soap dispensers to replace the ugly bottles.

[Yes, my sponge is in a mason jar- would you expect anything else?!]

I told myself I wasn't going to look around because I don't need anything else, but I'm so glad I did.

I found another chandelier! This one needs a little love.

I want to paint it and I think it'll look perfect hanging above the kitchen island.

[My wall's still yellow. I'll paint it one of these days...]

This morning I decided to put the Halloween decorations out, I'm a couple of days early but who cares. I get overly excited when it comes to holidays- especially now that I have kids. They make the holidays so much more fun!

"So cute its scary" & "Mom's lil' monster"

[And I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever get a normal picture of Aiden again, he's so goofy lately.

Ri's cute spider clippie, from where else?

 Peyton's Closet!

I love making meals fun for the kids! I get a few ideas from magazines but there are tons of ideas on Pinterest! And some of the things I've come up with on my own.

Aiden loved it! He was really fun with everything last year but this year, he's way into it. He's been talking about Halloween all day. "Its Halloween!" "Halloween's here!" He was so excited when I was cooking dinner but when he saw his  boring plate of pork chop, mushroom rice and broccoli, he was disappointed. He asked where the ghost was. :)

Rian's third [out of like seven] outfit change of the day. Its starting to drive me crazy because I feel like I'm dressing her all day. I decided I'm not going to help her anymore, she'll either get too frustrated and give up or get better and be able to do it herself.

Watching Ellen!

Aiden loves the first shot of Tony every episode, "Its Tony Momma! There he is!" Ugh- damn wrinkles around my eyes. I started putting cream on them around my birthday in June. Doesn't seem to be helping. :\ That's the only thing I miss about working at Applebee's- so many people thought I was like 18 and where shocked when they found out my age and that I had kids. 

I was watering the flowers and he wanted to help, he'll probably want to do it every day now.

My wine glass rack came today- exciting!

Is this girl for real?!

Here I am thinking my phone was broken when it just needed to be charged. Serious. It was on the charger yesterday morning but I took it off before it was finished because I needed it... then it died last night while I was sleeping. It would start up but shut right back off, so I didn't think it could be the battery, I thought phones didn't turn on at all when they were dead? With the way it was acting the other night, dead battery never crossed my mind. DUH. I'm such a moron. At least I keep things exciting!

What a loser.

Got some new reading material today:

some new, FREE reading material!

We have so many magazine subscriptions that I've gotten us for free. Truckin', Off Roading, Super Chevy, Maxim, Elle, Parents, Women's Day and Shape. [Well Shape I had to pay $2.50 for a year- but still, what a deal!] I love getting snail mail.

Rian's boots came today...

She wasn't too excited, in fact, she was screaming in this picture. She's totally into shoes but I should've given her more time to wake up from her nap. I couldn't believe how fast they came! Free shipping and they were sent over-night. Woop! Now we just need it to cool down.

My next project:

DIY patio lights- thank you, Pinterest!

Wish I would've seem them earlier while I was kid-free and around town.

Note to self:

Never leave your phone unattended while Rian has ice cream again.

Monday evening we were outside and I came in for a few minutes. While I was inside, Rian touched my phone and got sticky ice cream on the screen- Steven was sitting right next to it, did he see? Of course he didn't. But its my fault, I shouldn't have left it there. I wiped it off and thought it was fine.

Nope. That night it started going crazy, sending texts before I finished them, trying to call people, going through different screens on its own. Augh! I took the battery out and left it for the night. Yesterday it was fine but the three buttons on the bottom were stuck- they worked, they were just hard to push.

Today I woke up and it won't turn on. Its sad how disconnected I feel without a phone. WAH. Basic phones these days start around $180! That is ridiculous. Maybe I'll go to Verizon when the kids leave later [I'll leave out the ice cream part] and see if they'll do anything. I doubt they will. I found the same one I have on ebay, refurbished for $65 or new for $80. Its always something. Lesson learned.

Randoms:
Rian has been talking so much lately, she repeats everything I say. I love her little voice and the way certain words sound when she says them. Like eyebrow, sounds like "eyeboo." When Steven starts to chase her, she runs away and yells, "No Daddy! No!" When I tell her its time for ni-night, she starts walking towards her room and says "Lets go Daddy!" She copies everything Aiden does, everything. At Target the other day she saw this little blonde thing, like a Polly Pocket and started saying "Pinkerbelle Momma! Pinkerbelle!" She likes Tinkerbelle. :) I was whistling the other day and she started bouncing her head around and put her teeth on her lip and started blowing like she was whistling. Its soo funny.

A little bit ago we were reading books. Aiden got an alphabet book, I would say the letter and read what was in the picture, he was repeating me. When I said "U" he said "Me?" haha! This morning while I was making breakfast, he was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, it said to count the ties and Aiden said "1, 2, 3!" and Mickey said "Three ties!" I was impressed, he usually gets the numbers all jummbled up. His little brain is going a mile a minute. The other day Steven was on facebook, looking at somebody's info. They 'liked' this show called Top Gear that Steven watches, Aiden also likes it -usually if we turn one of our shows on Aiden complains but he'll watch that one with Steven. Anyway, he saw the logo and said "Look! Top Gear" caught us both off guard. So smart and observant.

Right now I looked at my other blog to see the picture from last year's entry on this date:

Rian at her 9 month well-check, she hated it! This day was so annoying. I was only about a month into my blog and didn't write a ton when I first started... but I remember it like it was yesterday. Basically: The kids and I spent 5 hours in the car [a minivan rental because our car got hit at the beginning of the month] taking some crazy [an old friend] back home, it cost me over $40 in gas and on the way home Rian crapped everywhere because she was teething. Through her clothes, through the carseat cushion- it was a mess. It was such a horribly long day. But that night she started walking! It was so exciting but so sad for me, I wanted her "babyness" to last so long but instead, it went away so fast. Can't believe that was all a year ago. And I still want my $40 back! haha.